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My attention has been drawn this morning to an article entitled: “Jonathan Replies Soludo over “missing N30 trillion” claim”— extracting from Mr. President’s interview as published by Thisday newspaper. ThisDay quoted Mr. President as saying that “Soludo said that under Ngozi’s watch they stole N30 trillion” but that since the sum of the federal budget over the last four years ...

Diego Maradona, Argentine World Cup-winning football legend, has undergone a facelift, local Argentine media reports. Maradona, who has always been in the news in his native Argentina, has also released pictures of his fresh-face, posing with his girlfriend Rocio Oliva. The 54year-old ex-footballer has had some problems with the woman, who is 24year-old (30 years his junior), but they appear to be ...

An Indonesian cleric on Friday said Muslims should not celebrate Valentine’s Day because it glorifies promiscuity. Anwar Abbas, Head of Education at the semi-official Indonesian Council of Muslim Scholars, said the sale of condoms in bags of chocolates gift raised concerns. “Valentine’s Day is not compatible with our nation’s culture and religious tenets. “This culture will destroy the morality of ...

Religious representatives from the Islam, Christian and Catholic faiths gathered at the Benito Juarez Library near the Palacio Municipal in Tijuana to discuss the need for interfaith scriptural understanding for peace on February 7. The event was hosted by Heavenly Culture, World Peace and Restoration of Light (HWPL). The objective of the World Alliance of Religions Peace Office is ...

Some men in Abuja have given reasons why they prefer to stop over at drinking joints before going home. Few of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja noted that they did that to avoid unnecessary squabbles with their wives. They also said disturbances from their children contributed to making them stay late night at ...

Concluding part The front door was unlocked and as I stepped into the house, I could hear sounds like loud moans from the direction of our bedroom. I opened the door and almost collapsed at the sight that met my eyes- there was my husband, the man who had sworn to love me forever, forsaking others, in bed with Clarissa! ...

A few days ago, while I stood by the news-stand of the University of Calabar Library running my eyes over the newspaper headlines about our political landscape, I met a young bespectacled man, who had the demeanour that suggested he was intelligent. We exchanged opinions on issues about the election and the political parties for quite a few hours. He ...

The pupils of Mind Builders School last Thursday paid an educational visit to the head office of The Nation Newspaper in Lagos. The children were taken to the printing press, the editorial department, and the newsroom among other places, having studied means of communication in Social Studies, according to one of the teachers that accompanied the pupils. The teacher, Soyode ...

Technology has proven itself as a major way to make life better as a group of US researchers have come up with a palm-sized device that when connected to a smartphone can diagnose Human Immune Deficiency Virus – HIV and syphilis with good accuracy. The new smartphone dongle, which can test blood samples for HIV and syphilis in about 15 ...

Mr. Ferdinand Anikwe, the Director-General, Centre for Black and African Art Civilisation (CBAAC), on Wednesday renewed the agency’s focus on promoting African culture in Nigeria and abroad. Anikwe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the promotion would be through symposia, lectures and other organised programmes for youths. “We want to re-educate and re-orientate youths on our ...